The holiday mood of Chinese New Year continued to linger in some government departments two days after the annual holiday ended, with some civil servants continuing to be off duty or in no mood for work.

Chinese people are given three days off for Spring Festival, which runs Feb 9 to 15 this year, with the following Saturday and Sunday becoming workdays to make up for the time.

However, for many State-run institutions as well as companies in the service sector, the holiday was much longer than the official one.